付諸流水
fù​zhū​liú​shuǐ

to go down the drain

  • created reference approved 付诸流水/付諸流水 → 付之东流/付之東流 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    付诸流水 / 付諸流水 fù​zhū​liú​shuǐ

    付之东流 / 付之東流 fù​zhī​dōng​liú

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 付诸流水/付諸流水 · fù​zhū​liú​shuǐ · to go down the drain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    付诸流水 / 付諸流水

    fù​zhū​liú​shuǐ

    to go down the drain

    Literally "to cast to the flowing waters"; used to describe efforts that have been wasted or hopes that have come to nothing; same as [[付之东流|付之東流|fu4 zhi1 dong1 liu2]]

    付诸 (literal) → 付诸/付諸 · fù​zhū · to put into 流水 (literal) → 流水 · liú​shuǐ · running water

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense